German and Italian expansion (Events) by María Gabriela León https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo By: María Peña, Adriana Almeida, Gabriela León. en-us 2022-08-01 13:16:43 UTC 2022-08-01 14:46:18 UTC hello@padlet.com The invasion of Abyssinia 1935 marialeon62 https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252790117
  • Mussolini began to experiment with expansionism.
  • Abyssinia possessed rich mineral deposits. 
  • Forty years earlier, the Abyssinians had inflicted a humiliating defeat on Italy.
  • Mussolini began an invasion.
  • the British press leaked details of the Hoare-Laval Pact.
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  • Germany remilitarised the Rhineland, an act prohibited by the Treaty of Versailles.
  • The Hoare-Laval Pact was decisive in turning both British and French domestic opinion.
  • Mussolini signed an agreement with Hitler, known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.
  • In 1937, Italy left the League of Nations altogether. Britain and France had acted indecisively over Abyssinia in order not to lose the support of the Italians.
    • ]]>     2022-08-01 13:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252795503     The Stresa Front (1935) mariapena62 https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252796336 An european alliance, between Italy, France and Great Britain. To oppose Adolf Hitler’s announced intention to rearm Germany. 

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  • Mussolini no longer felt bound by the expectations of international diplomacy and moved closer to Nazi Germany.
  • Mussolini had supplied Franco’s Nationalists in Spain with tanks, aircraft, bombs and machine guns.
  • By mid-1937, thousands of Italian troops were fighting the Republicans in Spain.

    • ]]>     2022-08-01 13:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252797522     German foreign policy: the road to war (1939) mariapena62 https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252810394 In March 1939, Hitler ordered the invasion of the rest of Czechoslovakia. Under the pretense of restoring order, German troops occupied the Czech region of Czechoslovakia and Slovakia declared independence.]]> 2022-08-01 13:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252810394 Invasion of Albania (1939) marialeon62 https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252816763
  • Mussolini issued an ultimatum to Zog, demanding that he accept Italian occupation of Albania.
  • Anti-Italian protests from the Albanian people.
  • Even though Albanian reserve soldiers were mobilised, top-ranking military officers and government officials fled the country.
  • Following the invasion of Albania, Britain felt compelled to offer protection and guarantees of indepence to Greece and Romania.
    • ]]>     2022-08-01 14:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252816763     The Polish Guarantee mariapena62 https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252820828 Britain and France issued a guarantee of Polish independence. Britain went further and signed the Anglo-Polish Agreement in 1939. Hitler promptly began moves to formally bring an end to the German Non-Aggression Pact with Poland. Hitler had been demanding the return of the free city of Danzig and the Polish Corridor since October 1938. This was a challenge to the Treaty of Versailles. One of Hitler’s other complaints was that the Polish Corridor cut the main rump of Germany off from East Prussia.]]> 2022-08-01 14:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252820828 The Nazi-Soviet Pact mariapena62 https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252839976 Stalin’s Great Purge of 1937. Hitler was also concerned that an invasion of Poland could potentially bring about war with the Soviet Union – something he wanted in the long-term. When the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was signed in August 1939, the world was shocked – but the agreement was mutually beneficial for both leaders (Stalin and Hitler). A secret agreement was made to split Poland between the two countries.]]> 2022-08-01 14:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/marialeon62/oawtaoke5mridvjo/wish/2252839976